General Suburban Updates and Rumours

[KevinL]

"...the slow deterioration of her neighbourhood that's being overrun by students"

A neighbourhood adjacent to a educational institution is popular for students? How about that.

[danbrotherston]

"...the slow deterioration of her neighbourhood that's being overrun by students"

A neighbourhood adjacent to a educational institution is popular for students? How about that.

This is what bugs me so much.  This is a change that is happening.  You cannot pretend that change stops just because you refuse to accept new development.  The students are coming, they can either live in YOUR house, or in more suitable housing.

One cannot stop change, all we can do is try to guide it into a form we're happier with.

[jeffster]

Townhouse development would add at least 160 students to Lower Doon
February 19, 2015 |  Catherine Thompson | The Record | LINK

Three years later, it's still being argued. The neighbourhood is apparently "at a tipping point" of becoming a "student ghetto". (Didn't know new townhouses were what defined a ghetto …)
https://www.therecord.com/news-story/863...ower-doon/

Apparently the residents prefer that the students live in converted houses and basement apartments.

The city needs to NOT take care of the NIMBY's and allow for high density housing in that area. According to some of the plans that I have seen, there is a call for some very tall student apartments in that area (by tall I mean 20-40 storeys). Will look interesting from the 401 if everything gets approved.

[Viewfromthe42]

"...the slow deterioration of her neighbourhood that's being overrun by students"

A neighbourhood adjacent to a educational institution is popular for students? How about that.

This is what bugs me so much.  This is a change that is happening.  You cannot pretend that change stops just because you refuse to accept new development.  The students are coming, they can either live in YOUR house, or in more suitable housing.

One cannot stop change, all we can do is try to guide it into a form we're happier with.

This is what irks me about people saying "gentrification". Gentrification of a neighbourhood, a neighbourhood losing its character, feel, and long-time residents, happens when you refuse to accept change and new development, because the change that comes then displaces current populations. But, when you do work to both accommodate new upper-income peoples, as well as creating options for more affordable residences for people, this is how you can preserve the best parts of a neighbourhood, have more newcomers than is usually associated with residents crying "gentrification", and wind up not actually seeing gentrification consequences.

[Section ThirtyOne]

I've mentioned this before, but having lived in the area I can tell you that the non-student residents are very militant. They will drag this out as long as possible until someone like the city or OMB puts their foot down. I've never seen anything like it.

[panamaniac]

Anybody know anything about plans to build a French language public high school on the site of Rosemount School in Kitchener?

[rangersfan]

The City of Kitchener is looking to purchase the former Catholic School board site on Moore Ave.

https://www.therecord.com/news-story/865...oard-site/

[panamaniac]

The City of Kitchener is looking to purchase the former Catholic School board site on Moore Ave.

https://www.therecord.com/news-story/865...oard-site/

Good spot for affordable housing, although the article seems to hint at cemetery expansion (odd idea).  The community spokesperson seems to be looking for a community space.

[ijmorlan]

The City of Kitchener is looking to purchase the former Catholic School board site on Moore Ave.

https://www.therecord.com/news-story/865...oard-site/

Good spot for affordable housing, although the article seems to hint at cemetery expansion (odd idea).  The community spokesperson seems to be looking for a community space.

Cemetery expansion should not be done in urban areas. And I include the portions of Bechtel Park which are technically part of Parkview Cemetery in that. The land has much higher value as almost anything else than as a cemetery, which can be anywhere, including way out in the country.

[tomh009]

The City of Kitchener is looking to purchase the former Catholic School board site on Moore Ave.

https://www.therecord.com/news-story/865...oard-site/

Good spot for affordable housing, although the article seems to hint at cemetery expansion (odd idea).  The community spokesperson seems to be looking for a community space.

Combined with the boarded-up school property, this would make a nice combination.  A park on this property, and the derelict school converted into a mid-rise mixed development with community space?

[tomh009]

Good spot for affordable housing, although the article seems to hint at cemetery expansion (odd idea).  The community spokesperson seems to be looking for a community space.

Cemetery expansion should not be done in urban areas. And I include the portions of Bechtel Park which are technically part of Parkview Cemetery in that. The land has much higher value as almost anything else than as a cemetery, which can be anywhere, including way out in the country.

100% agree.

[Pheidippides]

2018-050 - 5 Wake Robin Drive
Permission to construct a 3-storey residential development having 54 units with a Floor Space Ratio (FSR) of 0.74m rather than the permitted maximum FSR of 0.6m; and, having a maximum building height of 11.4m rather than the permitted maximum height of 10.5m.

[KevinL]

I was wondering if anything would ever happen with that lot!

[jeffster]

Anybody know anything about plans to build a French language public high school on the site of Rosemount School in Kitchener?

All I know is demolishing this summer, and I can't recall, but if memory serves me correctly, start to build in September 2018 to be ready for 2019.

[Pheidippides]

I hadn't realized another set of townhouses was going to fit at 85 Gage Ave: